The Copper Gamins

From the mountains of Mexico comes a band and sound melding such diverse inspirations as 60s garage rock, the films of Charlie Chaplin and the field recordings of John Lomax, The Copper Gamins are the latest wrinkle in the guitar/drums duo trend of acts like The White Stripes and The Black Keys - yet at the same time something completely original and distinctive. Its raw and na�ve music that rattles with inspiration and imagination, like the unpolished fire of The Oblivians and the sly, obtuse nuance of Eugene Chadbourne and revelatory experimentalists The Residents. This five-track EP introduces a group that already sparked a buzz through the underground in their brief residence last year in Central Texas when the band literally lived in a blue garage.